eighty one . biden were to serve a secondll full term as president. be 8ould be eighty six years old. in other words6 years , four yem ninety . these are not trivial facts9e about joe biden. these are the central facts of joe biden s life. joe biden s age defines him and all of us . that s true for every person, age is just a number you ll hear people say, but they are lying to themselves is moree ism than a no ages an expression of the core biological reality ofee human existence, which is thatit at some point it comes to ae. close ages, the way that weas w chart a progression from birth to death as we pass from thisisl world is billions before us have and are replaced by others that used to becle called the cycle of life. ou one has evenor changed it. no one ever will .r choice so our choice is between decepting a reality we cannot alter or denying that reality even exists.g that reality even exists. the democratic party has chosen the latter. tomorrotomorroww was march
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